Barrel or bag emptying device.



No. 867,292. PATENTBD OUT. 1, 1907.

' W. NEEF.

I BARREL OR BAG EMPTYING DEVICE.

-APPLIOATI0N FILED JULY 23,1906.

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INVENTOR.

A froze/v5 VS UNITED STATES WILLIAM NEEF, OF MAROELLON, WISCONSIN.

BARREL OR BAG EMPTYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed July 23,1906. Serial No. 327,417.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEEF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marcellon, in the county of Columbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Barrel or Bag Emptying Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for drawing off the contents of a barrel, bag, or other container, in a convenient and simple manner.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a device of this character whereby the contents of a bar- 1 rel or bag can be drawn off in any desired quantity without exposing the contents of the barrel or bag to the entrance of dust, dirt, and vermin, and thereby avoid the objection to the containers now in use where open tops are employed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a simple device whereby the necessity of scooping out the contents of the container from the top is avoided.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which can be readily applied to a barrel or bag and suspended from a suitable support, so that the drawing off nozzle will be at a convenient point to facilitate the contents to be run off.

With these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be described more fully hereinafter, and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates certain of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag emptying device, a portion thereof and the bag being broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device adapted for entering a barrel.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Referring to the drawing, designates the hoppershaped bottom of the supporting frame, the same being an inverted cone preferably made of sheet metal. The apex of the cone-shaped hopper is formed into a neck 2 to which a faucet or stop cock 3 is attached. The large end of the hopper or bottom 1 is provided with a cylindrical rim 4 on which is supported the cage-like structure 5 of the supporting frame. The structure 5 comprises a plurality of uprights 6 riveted, or otherwise suitably secured, to a base ring or band 7 and bent inwardly in a radial relation to each other at their upper ends 8. The inner ends of the radially extending portions 8 are rigidly connected in any suitable manner such as by forming them integrally or crossing and riveting them. The supporting frame is provided at its top with a ring, eye, or other suitable device, 9, whereby the frame can be suspended from a conveniently arranged hook indicated in part at 10. The base ring 7 of the structure 5 has its ends free and arranged to overlap so that they may be fastened together with any convenient device. For this purpose, the end 11 is provided with a slot 12 in which engages a pin 13 projecting from the other end 14 of the base ring. The base ring and also the upright 6 may be, and preferably are, made of bar iron, the same affording sufficient strength and the desired flexibility to permit the base ring to be opened or expanded. The extremity of the end 11 of the base ring is turned into an eye or loop 15 so as to serve as a handhold for disengaging the said end 1]. from or engaging it with the pin 13. The base ring is arranged to extend around the rim 4 of the bottom 1, and the bottom is supported on the structure 5 by means of diametrically oppositely arranged pins or projections 16 on the rim 4 that engage in apertures 18 in the base ring 7. It will thus be seen that the bottom 1 is removably attached to the structure 5, this being necessary for the placing of a barrel or bag in the supporting frame.-

The construction thus far described is suitable for use in connection with a barrel or other similar container. In order to apply the device to a barrel, one of the heads of the latter is first removed and the barrel is placed in the structure 5 from the open or base ring end thereof, so that the closed end will be presented to the normally top end of the structure 5. While the barrel is standing in the structure 5 with the open head at the top, the bottom 1 of the supporting frame is placed over the open end of the barrel and the pins 16 adjusted in the openings 18 of the base ring '7 and the free end of the latter are locked together. After it is ascertained that the plug 19 of the drawing-off cock 3 is closed, the frame with the barrel therein is inverted and hooked up by means of the ring 9 to the hook 10. The device is then in readiness for drawing off the contents of the barrel. It will be observed that the conical-shaped hopper or bottom will completely close the open end of the barrel so that a complete inclosure is provided which effectively prevents the entrance of dust or vermin.

When the device is to be used for emptying sacks, it is preferable to employ some suitable means for holding the bag upright as the same is emptying. For this purpose, upwardly extending arms 20' are arranged inside the supporting frame, their lower ends, 21, being riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the bottom 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The'upper ends of the arms 20 are free so that they can be readily inserted into the open end of a bag and thrust down to the bottom thereof.

In using the device for emptying a bag, the device is removed from the suspending hook 10 and the bottom of the supporting frame detached from the structure 5. With the supporting structure resting on its top end, the bag is inserted into the open end thereof,

and then the bagis opened. The arms 20 are next thrust into the bag and the bottom securely fastened to the supporting structure. The device is then again hooked up so that the contents of the bag can be drawn off as desired. As shown in the broken away portion in Fig. 1, the open end of the bag is embraced by the rim 4, the weight of the contents in the bag holding the end of the bag closely against the interior surface of th rim 4 so that a perfect seal is provided.

I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that various changes may be made, when desired, as are within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with an upper portion adapted to be suspended from a suitable support and embodying a series of rigid uprights connected at their upper ends and forming an opening at their lower ends, and a ring rigidly secured to the lower ends of said uprights and capable of expansion and contraction, and means for locking said ring in contracted condition, of a hopper having a rim adapted to cociperate with said ring to close the lower end of the structure formed by said uprights and having means adapted to be locked and unlocked relatively to said ring by the contraction and expansion thereof.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combina tion of a hopper-shaped bottom provided with a rim, a split ring extending around the rim, means for locking the ends of the ring together, means for detachably connecting the ring and rim, a supporting structure connected with the ring, and devices on the hopper arranged to hold the bag extended.

, 3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a hopper-shaped bottom provided with a rim, :1 ring extending around the rim, means for locking the ends of the ring together, devices for supporting the bottom on the ring, a supporting structure rigidly connected with the ring for holding the bag to be emptied, and members extending upwardly from the bottom to hold the bag extended.

4. In a device of the character described, the combina tion with an upper portion having a series of suitably spaced rigid uprights adapted to cooperate with the outer sides of a sack, of a bottom adapted to cooperate with the upper portion and having a series of suitably spaced uprights rigidly secured thereto and arranged to cooperate with the inner side of a sack to support the latter in expanded position.

5. In a device of the character described, the con1liina tion with an upper portion embodying a series 01' suitably spaced rigid uprights fixed at their upper ends and pin viding an opening at their lower ends. a ring connecting the lower ends of said uprights and provided with suit able attaching devices, of a hopper-shaped holloln having devices thereon adapted to cooperate with the attaching devices on said ring for retaining the bottom in roll erative relation with the upper portion. and a series of suitably spaced rigid uprights having their lower ends rigidly secured to the bottom at points within the uprights of the upper section and arranged to hold a sack expanded against the inner side of the uprights of the upper portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own. I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLlAM Nlil ll Witnesses MILO G. TUCKER, Minn. E. TUCKER. 

